This manual prescribes the duties to be performed in the service of the piece by the personnel normally assigned to one howitzer section of the firing battery.
This manual is designed as an aid for the uniform training of personnel in recognition of armored vehicles. It covers the methods to be used in training and the vehicles that at present are considered operational.
Containing instructions on the methods of laying out, constructing, defending, and attacking intrenchments, with the general outlines also of the arrangement, the attack and defence of permanent fortifications.
This text is intended to present the general characteristics of existing field artillery weapons in a manner not too highly technical to be understood without an examination of the materiel under discussion.
Many soldiers feel that their fringe benefits are being gradually but steadily worn away. The benefits themselves exert a significant influence on an individual's decision to make the Army a career. This study, aimed at Regular Army officer...
This document covers the course of instruction for training soldiers in use, knowledge, and accuracy of rifle and carbine firing for effectiveness in battle.
Discusses various artillery pieces and their mechanical parts. Second volume includes additional information on improvements in gun mounting, the Welin breech mechanism and carriage improvements.
In imparting instruction in Artillery drills, it should be borne in mind, that in every change of numbers men have to learn different duties and to handle different implements from those they were previously engaged with; the duties again vary with...
These Elements have been compiled for the use of the Cadets of the Military Academy. In submitting them to the public, the author does not intend to express the opinion that the work is superior to those, on the same subject, which are now in...
The U.S. Army has experienced a disproportionate decline in Black recruitment. Blacks, who once represented 23 percent of annual recruits, now only represent less than 14 percent. What factors have caused the disproportionate decline in Black...
"The following Provisional Machine Gun Firing Manual, 1917, is publiished for the information and guidance of all concerned. By order of the Secretary of War: Tasker H. Bliss, Major General, Acting Chief of Staff."
This book is the revision of the system of "Firing regulations for small arms." Contents includes rifle drills, rifle range practice, pistols, classifications, targets, competitions, and fire discipline.
This document on military arms and ammunition begins with terms and expressions used in conjunction with small arms and the motion of the rifle bullet. Resistance of the air to the motion of a projectile, trajectory of the bullet, penetration and...
This book is a review of infantry drill regulations of the United States Army up to 1898. Divided into school of the soldier, company, battalion, regiment, brigade, and corps. Includes index and bugle call music.